Recaps

Su Ziyang joined a group for Bagua Image-Number Therapy at Fourth Uncle Zhang Zhen’s urging and watched Teacher Yi diagnose ailments and prescribe number strings. When Su Ziyang greeted Teacher Yi, the group owner accused him of being a practitioner from another school or sect and warned him not to cause trouble, leaving him confused.

• Yang Tianzheng urged Su Ziyang to practice Baguazhang but refused to explain why it would soon be needed.
• Zhang Zhen added Su Ziyang to the QD Bagua Image-Number Therapy group and sent him a book about the practice.
• Su Ziyang doubted that reciting numbers could cure illness, but watched Teacher Yi identify members’ symptoms and prescribe number strings.
• After A Delicate Flower reported that her headache and chills had eased, Su Ziyang grew curious about Teacher Yi’s ability.
• When Su Ziyang greeted Teacher Yi, Teacher Yi asked which school and sect he belonged to and warned him not to cause trouble.

Su Ziyang studied Zhang Zhen’s material on Bagua image-number therapy, doubted its claims, and tried reciting numbers without any effect. When Caicai posted a photo of a badly injured black Labrador in the group, Su Ziyang decided to devise numbers for the dog himself.

• Su Ziyang read Zhang Zhen’s explanation of how Bagua numbers could be combined and applied to illnesses, including cases he suspected were fabricated.
• Su Ziyang tried reciting 60 and then 6000 to test the therapy, but felt nothing; Zhang Zhen admitted he had never tried it either.
• Su Ziyang finished the material and found only the author’s signature, Sleeveless Idler.
• Caicai posted a photo of a black Labrador badly injured in a fight and asked Teacher Yi whether the therapy could save it.
• With Teacher Yi silent, Su Ziyang decided to come up with an image-number combination for Caicai’s dog.

Su Ziyang’s improvised image-numbers appeared to help Caicai’s injured dog recover, making him popular in the group and prompting Yang Tianzheng to question where the numbers’ healing power came from. Late that night, Su Ziyang sent another set of image-numbers to someone seeking help for an elderly relative’s crushed foot.

• Su Ziyang sent Caicai the image-numbers 2000.4440.8000 for the injured dog, drawing on associations with the eight trigrams.
• Caicai reported that the dog stopped bleeding and had improved by morning, and the group began asking Su Ziyang for image-numbers.
• Yang Tianzheng read Zhang Zhen’s material and questioned how ordinary numbers could produce healing energy, advising Su Ziyang to wait for Mr. Mengfei’s return.
• Su Ziyang explained image-number principles to Zhang Zhen, then called Yang Tianzheng late at night to announce that he had grown up and would treat his masters respectfully.
• After seeing a late-night request for help with an elderly person’s crushed foot, Su Ziyang sent Wind Arises, Water Surges the image-numbers 777000.444000.

Su Ziyang received praise for Bagua Image-Number Therapy and got caught up in Teacher Yi’s suspicions and self-promoting lecture about his methods. After work, he met Daoist Master Xiao Yang, who offered to protect him and hinted that Zijun had left for a mysterious purpose.

• Wind Arises, Water Surges told Su Ziyang that writing and reciting his image-numbers had relieved an elderly person's foot pain, and Su replied, “Good!”
• Teacher Yi accused Su of being a spy from Litian’s group, then softened after hearing Su’s Northeastern accent and praised his talent in Bagua Image-Number Therapy.
• Su prepared and proofread material on Umbilical Acupuncture, then read Teacher Yi’s group lecture defending his unconventional formulas and claiming expertise from his family’s seven generations of traditional Chinese medicine.
• Su went to the Daoist temple dining hall after work and met Daoist Master Xiao Yang, who promised to protect him if someone troubled him again.
• When Su asked what Zijun had gone to do, Daoist Master Xiao Yang refused to tell him and left, leaving him curious.

Su Ziyang reviewed and printed his notes on Umbilical Acupuncture and catching jumping nodules, then examined Han Xixi’s friend Meimei for chronic rhinitis. After considering her history and pulse, he prescribed five doses of Lung-Warming Flow-Stopping Pill, leaving its effects to be seen.

• Su Ziyang finished five bowls of soup before Yang Tianzheng confronted him about calling in the middle of the night.
• Yang Tianzheng approved Su Ziyang’s compiled materials, and Su Ziyang had three copies bound; Yang Tianzheng took one with him.
• Han Xixi brought Meimei to Su Ziyang’s clinic for a consultation about her long-running rhinitis.
• Su Ziyang reviewed Meimei’s old prescription and her pulse, then concluded that her clear nasal discharge was likely due to deficient, cold lung qi.
• Su Ziyang prescribed Meimei five doses of Lung-Warming Flow-Stopping Pill and recorded the formula.

Su Ziyang helped Er Biao find a Daoist master to choose an auspicious opening date for his massage shop, then went to practice with Yang Tianzheng. The chapter ended with Su Ziyang fleeing after Yang Tianzheng saw through his attempted sneak attack.

• Han Xixi invited Su Ziyang to dinner with her brother and his business friends, and Su Ziyang agreed.
• Er Biao asked Su Ziyang to find someone to choose an auspicious date for his massage shop’s opening.
• Su Ziyang asked Daoist Master Xiao Yang for help and sent her Er Biao’s birth details.
• Daoist Master Xiao Yang used an app and traditional methods to select six auspicious dates, and Su Ziyang gave her a red envelope from Er Biao.
• Su Ziyang tried to sneak up on Yang Tianzheng, but Yang Tianzheng spotted him and flung him several meters away.
• Su Ziyang jumped up and ran off, leaving Yang Tianzheng watching him with a helpless look.

Su Ziyang took a day off, practiced at home, and then treated Fang Linjing for six years of insomnia that began after her gallbladder was removed. After hearing her history and examining her pulse, he decided to prescribe the Mume Pill, but the chapter ended before he wrote or gave her the prescription.

• Yang Tianzheng let Su Ziyang take the day off, and Su Ziyang practiced the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Steps at home before resuming his usual routine.
• Fang Linjing came to Su Ziyang seeking treatment for insomnia and described years of poor sleep, exhaustion, and unsuccessful visits to doctors.
• Su Ziyang examined Fang Linjing's pulse and noticed an unusual gap in the guan pulse on her left wrist.
• Fang Linjing told Su Ziyang that her insomnia began after surgery to remove her gallbladder six years earlier.
• Su Ziyang considered the Mume Pill for Fang Linjing because of her surgery history and the brief period when she could sleep near dawn.

Su Ziyang prescribed Mume Pill for Fang Linjing, then learned that Jin Tiantian had transformed after taking the medicine he had given her and began wondering whether Baohe Pill could help with weight loss. He recommended Baohe Pill for his little brother’s stomach discomfort, and its quick success left him studying the formula further.

• Su Ziyang prescribed Fang Linjing seven doses of Mume Pill and expected her condition to improve substantially.
• Jin Tiantian visited Su Ziyang, thanked him for helping her lose weight, gave him a handmade felt tiger, and invited him to lunch.
• After Jin Tiantian left, Su Ziyang wrote down the question of whether Baohe Pill could help with weight loss.
• Su Ziyang told his aunt to give his little brother Baohe Pill instead of Spleen-Fortifying Pills for his burping, poor appetite, and stomach discomfort.
• Su Ziyang ate lunch with Jin Tiantian, then spent the afternoon researching Baohe Pill.
• Su Ziyang’s aunt reported that Baohe Pill relieved the boy’s discomfort after one dose, and Su Ziyang explained how food accumulation differed from a weak spleen and stomach.

Su Ziyang diagnosed Wang Shuo with sinking of the great Qi and prescribed Raising the Filling Decoction, then studied Zhang Xichun’s writing on the condition. A WeChat user, Rice Steamed Cornbread, asked him to assess Bagua image-numbers being used for his mother’s small-cell lung cancer, leaving Su Ziyang unable to advise him.

• Su Ziyang examined Wang Shuo, recognized his weak pulse and breathing trouble as sinking of the great Qi, and prescribed seven doses of Raising the Filling Decoction.
• After Wang Shuo left, Su Ziyang studied Zhang Xichun’s account of great Qi and recorded his insights in his casebook.
• Rice Steamed Cornbread contacted Su Ziyang and asked about Teacher Yi’s Bagua image-numbers for his mother, whose lung cancer had worsened and left her bedridden and in pain.
• Rice Steamed Cornbread sent Su Ziyang several number strings and asked whether they suited his mother’s small-cell lung cancer, but Su Ziyang said he lacked the expertise and suggested asking someone else.

Su Ziyang discovered that Teacher Yi was charging Rice Steamed Cornbread for ineffective Bagua Image-Number Therapy while his mother’s cancer worsened. Pressed by his fourth uncle, Zhang Zhen, Su Ziyang offered a prescription, but a series of ominous setbacks ended with Rice Steamed Cornbread deciding to take his mother to the provincial hospital.

• Su Ziyang reviewed Rice Steamed Cornbread’s chat history with Teacher Yi and advised him to seek legitimate medical care.
• Rice Steamed Cornbread questioned Teacher Yi, who blamed the failed treatment on his lack of faith, while Zhang Zhen urged Su Ziyang to help the sick woman.
• Su Ziyang examined photos of Rice Steamed Cornbread’s mother and sent a prescription based on her tongue coating.
• Rice Steamed Cornbread accidentally scorched the medicine, then tried to decoct another dose as Su Ziyang recalled similar strange events while treating Xuyang.
• Rice Steamed Cornbread’s mother refused to take the medicine, so he told Su Ziyang that his family would take her to the provincial hospital.

Su Ziyang attended a dinner hosted by Han Jinkai, where the guests thanked him for curing Han Xuanxuan and asked about remedies for drinking. The gathering revealed several connections to Jingchengdao Medical Clinic, and it ended with Chi Shiqiang asking Su Ziyang about tonics for kidney strength.

• Han Jinkai introduced Su Ziyang to Lao Zhang, Song Li, Li Yingwei, Chi Shiqiang, and Zhang Feng at the dinner.
• The guests took turns drinking with Su Ziyang, then asked how he stayed sober and whether he could make ready-made sobering medicine.
• Li Yingwei recognized Jingchengdao Medical Clinic as the place where Su Ziyang's master, Mengfei, had cured his Third Brother's niece.
• Han Jinkai discovered that Fu Xinyu, his acquaintance Old Fu's nephew, also worked at the clinic, while Song Li warned that Old Fu had swindled people.
• After Han Xixi and Lanzi left the room, Chi Shiqiang asked Su Ziyang about traditional medicine tonics, and Han Jinkai clarified that he meant kidney-strengthening remedies.

Su Ziyang prescribed individualized nourishing medicinal paste for a group of middle-aged men and began preparing their order. After Fu Xinyu provoked him at the clinic, Su Ziyang cooked the paste overnight and finished the first batch at four in the morning.

• A group of men asked Su Ziyang to make them nourishing medicinal paste, and he explained that each person needed a formula tailored to his constitution.
• The men returned the next morning, and Su Ziyang examined them, prescribed individualized ingredients, and accepted their medicine bags for preparation.
• Fu Xinyu interrupted the group by pretending to check Song Li for acupuncture needles, then taunted Su Ziyang and left.
• After the men promised to stand up for him, Su Ziyang explained Fu Xinyu's earlier provocations and then went home to make the paste.
• Su Ziyang steamed the ingredients, simmered the herbs, and cooked the honey and medicinal liquids until the mixture reached the hanging-flag stage, then poured it into a ceramic jar.

Su Ziyang finished making medicinal paste for Han Jinkai and his companions, treated an elderly patient, and took a call from Bao Mingya. When Fu Xinyu confronted him and demanded a fight, Su Ziyang followed him outside to settle things.

• Su Ziyang gave Han Jinkai and Song Li their labeled jars of medicinal paste and declined their invitation to hike.
• Su Ziyang used the Five Knee Needles to treat an elderly man's knee, and the patient praised his skill after the pain eased.
• Bao Mingya called Su Ziyang to ask for help with her father's frequent colds, but he teased her and hung up when Fu Xinyu arrived.
• Fu Xinyu cursed Su Ziyang for targeting his family's business and refused to apologize, instead challenging him to a one-on-one fight.
• Fu Xinyu tried to grab Su Ziyang, who slapped his hand aside, then Su Ziyang took off his white coat and followed him toward the square.

Su Ziyang defeated Fu Xinyu and left with Bao Mingya to examine her father, who suffered repeated cold-like symptoms. After ruling out allergic rhinitis based on his symptoms, Su Ziyang examined his tongue and began forming a diagnosis.

• Fu Xinyu repeatedly attacked Su Ziyang, but Su Ziyang used martial arts moves to throw him down and frighten him until Bao Mingya arrived.
• Bao Mingya stopped Su Ziyang from striking Fu Xinyu, then took Su Ziyang home to treat her father.
• Su Ziyang met Bao Mingya's parents and learned her father developed a blocked, runny nose and headaches whenever he encountered cold air.
• Bao Mingya said medical tests had found no allergens or nasal polyps, and Su Ziyang examined her father's tongue coating to investigate his condition.

Su Ziyang examined Bao Mingya’s father and identified a cold pattern rooted in deficiency taxation, while Liu Yanzhen argued for exterior deficiency and Jade Windscreen Powder. After Su Ziyang exposed the weaknesses in Liu Yanzhen’s diagnosis and revealed the father’s undisclosed dizziness, Liu Yanzhen was astonished by his skill.

• Su Ziyang took Bao Mingya’s father’s pulse and concluded that his floating, deficient pulse and hard labor history pointed to deficiency taxation.
• Liu Yanzhen diagnosed exterior deficiency and recommended Jade Windscreen Powder, citing its classical sources and indications.
• Su Ziyang asked Liu Yanzhen to retake the pulse, then pointed out that the father’s deficient, floating pulse did not match the formula’s floating, moderate pulse or sweating symptoms.
• Bao Mingya’s father said he rarely sweated and was not especially sensitive to cold, undermining Liu Yanzhen’s diagnosis.
• Su Ziyang identified a taiyang cold rooted in deficiency taxation and predicted that Bao Mingya’s father sometimes felt dizzy and disoriented.
• Bao Mingya’s father admitted that he had concealed those symptoms from his family, and Liu Yanzhen asked how Su Ziyang had known.

Su Ziyang explained the Dioscorea Pill to Li Yanzhen, who warmed to him and apologized after they drank together. The next day, Su Ziyang presented Old Madam Liu with a book preserving her abdominal massage technique, then followed her to examine a neighbor’s crying, swollen-bellied grandson.

• Su Ziyang explained that Li Yanzhen’s condition was deficiency taxation and that the Dioscorea Pill was suitable, winning Li Yanzhen’s admiration.
• Li Yanzhen and Su Ziyang drank together, reconciled, and Li Yanzhen apologized before passing out; Su Ziyang gave him hangover pills.
• Su Ziyang visited Old Madam Liu and presented her with a large-print book titled “Liu-Style Abdominal Massage.”
• Old Madam Liu thanked Su Ziyang for recording her technique and cooked a meal for him; he then set out for Er Biao’s shop.
• Gedə's wife summoned Old Madam Liu to examine her grandson, and Su Ziyang followed her to the house, where they found the child crying with a swollen belly.

Old Madam Liu treated Geda Jia’s grandson with the Yin-Collecting Technique after the baby became ill from overfeeding and cold, then explained the method to Su Ziyang. She continued teaching him massage precautions at home, but Su Ziyang left to help at Er Biao’s shop when the afternoon clinic became busy.

• Old Madam Liu recognized that Geda Jia’s grandson was suffering from cold and discomfort after being fed too much, and massaged his belly until he burped and spit up milk.
• Old Madam Liu used freshly boiled eggs and Geda Jia’s silver ring to draw out the cold, restoring the baby’s complexion and flattening his swollen belly.
• Su Ziyang saw the eggs and ring turn dark, and Old Madam Liu taught him that the method was called the Yin-Collecting Technique and explained how to perform it.
• Old Madam Liu gave Su Ziyang further guidance on massage and protecting the navel and lower back.
• Su Ziyang left for Er Biao’s shop to help when the afternoon clinic became busy.

Su Ziyang helped Er Biao open his massage and bonesetting shop, then treated its first customer, a boy with a dislocated elbow. Er Biao worried that he could not handle future dislocations, so Su Ziyang promised to teach him bonesetting and prepared to train him with animal joints.

• Er Biao showed Su Ziyang his newly furnished shop, and Su Ziyang gave him a bound booklet before helping wallpaper and clean the upstairs rooms.
• Er Biao opened the shop the next morning, and Su Ziyang posted a message wishing him success.
• A father brought in his son with a dislocated elbow, and Su Ziyang put the joint back into place.
• Er Biao refused payment because he could not treat the boy himself and feared the family would return when Su Ziyang was absent.
• Su Ziyang promised to teach Er Biao basic bonesetting, and Er Biao returned from the market with a rooster, sheep's trotters, and pig's trotters for practice.

Su Ziyang taught Er Biao bonesetting, then cleared up Daoist Master Xiao Yang’s misunderstanding about Er Biao’s clinic trouble. The next morning, Su Ziyang returned to work and met a patient seeking acupuncture for hemorrhoids.

• Su Ziyang taught Er Biao to reduce dislocations, practicing first on a rooster and then on a sheep’s leg until Er Biao could reset joints.
• Su Ziyang returned to the city, where Daoist Master Xiao Yang confronted him about Er Biao; Su Ziyang explained what happened and called Er Biao to confirm Fu Xinyu had paid him to cause trouble.
• After reviewing his bonesetting book and practicing visualization, Su Ziyang saw a young man referred by Auntie Yu Xiushui, who requested acupuncture because he had hemorrhoids and disliked bitter medicine.

Su Ziyang treated Hao Kai’s external hemorrhoid by needling a spot on his upper-lip frenulum and explained the traditional Chinese medicine principle behind it. The next day, Hao Kai brought Dou Liangtian for the same treatment, and the two planned to write a health article about Su Ziyang’s method.

• Su Ziyang diagnosed Hao Kai with an external hemorrhoid and treated him by needling a spot on his upper-lip frenulum after Hao Kai refused Chinese medicine.
• Su Ziyang explained to Hao Kai the principle of treating a lower ailment from above, and Hao Kai praised the explanation and asked to add him on WeChat.
• Hao Kai returned the next afternoon with Dou Liangtian, who had similar symptoms and agreed to receive the same treatment.
• Hao Kai told Dou Liangtian about the treatment while Su Ziyang needled Dou Liangtian’s upper-lip frenulum and explained the method to both men.
• Dou Liangtian suggested that Hao Kai write a health article about the treatment for their media company, and Su Ziyang answered their questions as they took notes.

Su Ziyang treated a woman’s stye by pricking red bumps on her back, then Yang Tianzheng taught him a second method involving a cross scratched onto the opposite thumbnail. Yang Tianzheng also praised Su Ziyang for standing up to Fu Xinyu, before tossing him around during their training and insisting he learn to use internal force.

• Su Ziyang treated the woman’s stye by pricking bumps between her shoulder blades and advised her on aftercare.
• Yang Tianzheng visited and shared his method of scratching a diagonal cross on the thumbnail opposite the affected eye.
• Yang Tianzheng warned Su Ziyang to be careful with his friendship with Er Biao, and Su Ziyang explained that Er Biao had turned over a new leaf.
• Su Ziyang told Yang Tianzheng how he had taught Fu Xinyu a lesson, and Yang Tianzheng praised him while advising him to keep his retaliation within limits.
• Yang Tianzheng threw Su Ziyang around during training and told him to use internal force rather than brute strength.

Su Ziyang attended a dinner with Song Li and his friends, where Zhang Chunyi asked him to treat his severe light sensitivity after cataract surgery. The group also learned how Su Ziyang had beaten Fu Xinyu and pressed him to demonstrate his martial arts.

• Su Ziyang struggled to counter Yang Tianzheng's moves during training, then went home to wash up and copy scriptures.
• Han Jinkai invited Su Ziyang to a dinner arranged by Song Li, who picked him up from the clinic the following evening.
• Song Li and the others praised Su Ziyang's medicinal paste and introduced him to Zhang Chunyi, who explained that his eyes had become extremely sensitive to light after cataract surgery.
• Su Ziyang examined Zhang Chunyi's eyes and proposed trying an external Chinese medicine treatment, so Zhang Chunyi arranged to visit his clinic the next day.
• Song Li explained how Han Jinkai had witnessed Fu Xinyu return home covered in dirt and complain that Su Ziyang had beaten him.
• Han Jinkai challenged Su Ziyang to show the group his martial arts after the others questioned how he had managed to spin Fu Xinyu around.

Su Ziyang demonstrated his skill, treated Zhang Chunyi’s eye condition with an egg-and-herb method, and received a ridiculous banner after Zhang recovered. Yang Tianzheng then told Su Ziyang they would visit a mysterious old man the next day.

• Su Ziyang burst open a beer can with his fingers and impressed Song Li and the others at dinner.
• Su Ziyang prescribed Zhang Chunyi herbs to boil with eggs and roll over his eyes as a treatment.
• Meimei thanked Su Ziyang for curing her and gave him a handmade Hu brush.
• Zhang Chunyi returned without sunglasses, praised Su Ziyang’s treatment, and hung up a banner calling it “Rolling Egg Therapy.”
• Yang Tianzheng teased Su Ziyang about the banner and said they would visit a mysterious old man the next day.

Su Ziyang went with Yang Tianzheng to meet Old Master Jiang, a tooth-puller at a market, who treated Su Ziyang’s troublesome wisdom tooth with a mysterious powder. The chapter left Su Ziyang shocked when a child’s two firmly rooted front teeth fell out after Old Master Jiang applied the same powder and told him to cough.

• Su Ziyang failed to take back his banner from Yang Tianzheng, who returned it and advised him that cleverness needed to be matched with wisdom.
• Yang Tianzheng took Su Ziyang to a market and introduced him to Old Master Jiang, a tooth-puller he had brought liquor for.
• Old Master Jiang examined Su Ziyang’s painful, crooked wisdom tooth and decided to remove it.
• Yang Tianzheng held Su Ziyang still while Old Master Jiang applied white powder to the wisdom tooth with a toothpick.
• A father brought his son to Old Master Jiang, who applied the powder to the child’s outer front teeth and told him to cough.
• The child coughed, and his two firmly rooted front teeth fell to the ground, shocking Su Ziyang.

Su Ziyang’s wisdom tooth fell out after Old Man Jiang applied his medicinal powder, and Yang Tianzheng took a bottle of the medicine to investigate its ingredients. After Yang Tianzheng abandoned Su Ziyang on the outskirts, Su Ziyang got home and secretly let air out of Daoist Master Xiao Yang’s scooter tire, only to be caught as Yang Tianzheng arrived.

• Old Man Jiang’s powder made Su Ziyang’s wisdom tooth fall out painlessly, and he gave Yang Tianzheng a bottle of the medicine.
• Old Man Jiang warned Su Ziyang not to inhale the powder, then Yang Tianzheng explained that he planned to test its ingredients.
• Su Ziyang guessed that Yang Tianzheng and Master Mengfei searched for secret formulas, but Yang Tianzheng mistook his laughter for a reaction to poison, hit him, and rode away.
• Su Ziyang paid nearly a hundred yuan for a taxi home and found Yang Tianzheng’s borrowed scooter parked by the clinic.
• Su Ziyang let air out of Daoist Master Xiao Yang’s tire, and she confronted him before Yang Tianzheng appeared and offered to deal with him.